There were so many big stories with the Delmarva Shorebirds this past season. Long a relatively forgotten outpost in the Orioles’ minor league chain, the farthest of the four Maryland affiliates from Baltimore, Delmarva never got the attention that Bowie, Frederick or Aberdeen gets. That changed this season when the Shorebirds, packed...
. BOWIE —-The Bowie Baysox ran out of comebacks Friday night. Trenton’s pitching kept the Baysox bats and the home crowd quiet as the Thunder won the Eastern League Championship Series with a 5-2 victory. The Baysox overcame a 7-23 start to finish fourth in the Western Division in the first half...
BOWIE–Bowie Baysox pitcher Alex Wells was one pitch away from working out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam to preserve a 1-1 tie in Game 3 of the Eastern League Championship Series. After giving up one run and throwing just 58 pitches through the first six innings, the Australian left-hander gave up singles...
SALISBURY–The best season in Delmarva Shorebirds history is over. In a game that was scoreless heading into extra innings, the Hickory Crawdads scored the only run in the top of 10th inning and swept the Shorebirds on Friday night to advance to face the Lexington Legends in the South Atlantic League Championship...
BOWIE– The Bowie Baysox had moments of brilliance in Game 2 of their division series. But it wasn’t enough to overcome their sloppy play throughout the game, leading the Harrisburg Senators to a series-tying 5-4 victory in 12 innings on Thursday night. Harrisburg first baseman Dante Bichette Jr., son of former major...
BOWIE—The Bowie Baysox, whose improbable second-half run gave them an unexpected place in the Eastern League playoffs, got off to a good start in their first playoff game since 2015. Bowie, which beat out Erie for the second playoff spot in the Western Division, scored three eight-inning runs to break a 2-2...
Minor league season wrap-up, Part 2: On Monday, I took a look at Bowie, Delmarva and Aberdeen, three Oriole minor league teams that either qualified for the playoffs or just missed. In Part 2 of the minor league season recap, we’ll examine High-A Frederick and Triple-A Norfolk, teams that didn’t compete for...
Minor league season wrap-up, Part 1 Labor Day doesn’t just mean September callups. It also means the end of the minor league regular season. All five Oriole affiliates wrapped up their regular seasons Monday, with the system as a whole producing a mixed bag. Low-A Delmarva and Double-A Bowie are headed to...
SALISBURY-As Adley Rutschman stepped into the left-handed batter’s box for pregame batting practice, it took a few swings for everyone in the press box to start watching. It was more than 2 1/2 hours before the start of Thursday night’s game against the Greensboro Grasshoppers, and Rutschman didn’t have his number 37...
BOWIE-Michael Baumann didn’t know something special was happening until about the fifth inning. The 6-foot-4 right-hander was on the mound for the Bowie Baysox, making just his fifth appearance for the Orioles’ Double-A team since being called up from High-A Frederick. By that point on July 16, Baumann hadn’t allowed a hit...